Opera Hotel Edition

Configuring an Opera Workstation on

Windows 7


April 5, 2011


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Table of Contents

INTENDED AUDIENCE ........................................................................................................... 4
INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 4
BROWSER SETTINGS ............................................................................................................. 4
Trusted Site Setting: ................................................................................................................. 4
Add On Settings: ...................................................................................................................... 6
INSTALLING CLIENT SIDE APPLICATIONS ............................................................................ 6
Opera Regterm Utility: ............................................................................................................... 6
Opera Print Control: .................................................................................................................. 7
Adobe Acrobat Reader: .............................................................................................................. 7
Oracle Jinitiator: ....................................................................................................................... 8
Customizing the Oracle Jinitiator Installation: ................................................................................ 8
BI PUBLISHER ..................................................................................................................... 10
TROUBLE SHOOTING ........................................................................................................... 11




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Intended Audience
This document is intended for anyone responsible for installing and configuring Opera
hardware and Software.

Introduction
This document describes some configuration changes that are necessary for Opera to
function on the Windows Windows 7 operating system. Changes are related to enhanced
security functions in Windows 7 that will cause failures in Internet Explorer and prevent
Opera workstations from working correctly.

These changes are intended to provide workarounds for issues related to currently available
software components. Oracle has scheduled Windows 7 compatible versions of their
utilities, but at the time this document was created, no details/dates were available to us.

In areas where changes to the Opera code are required, SCR numbers have been provided.
Browser Settings
There are several places where changes will need to be made to the client machines
Internet Explorer options.
Trusted Site Setting:

You will need to add any Application Servers and possibly variations of the Application
Server name to the browsers trusted sites. Open an IE browser and you will notice on the
bottom right of the screen the following message:



From the TOOLS drop down select Internet Options and then select the Security tab.





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Select the Sites button and add the Application Server(s), you must also uncheck the
Require server verification (https) for all sites in this zone check box.





When these changes have been completed the message in the bottom right will now display
as:



Protected mode should remain off while you are in Opera, other sites may need to be added
to the Trusted Site list as you are installing the client machine.

Disable FrameMerging:

Internet Explorer 8 has default mechanism of sharing session data as all IE windows are
maintained by a parent process. This could result in freezing issues when users are working
in multiple windows and one session is busy processing request.

This feature of Internet explorer can be disabled by 2 methods
1. Adding -noframemerging parameter to your Internet explorer shortcut
2. Adding FrameMerging registry string value and disable framemerging
Start->run->REGEDIT
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Right click ->New String Value
Enter FrameMerging
Double click on FrameMerging on right window and enter value 0


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Add On Settings:

Then from the Tools menu select Manage Add-ons -> Enable or Disable Add-ons . Any
entries that begin with Windows Live must be disabled.



Installing Client Side Applications

The following steps can be used to pre-install all the required client utilities. Its
recommended to pre-install them rather than use the OperaLogin page to auto load the
software since some customization will be required to Jinitiator.
Opera Regterm Utility:

Following the same process as Adobe, connect to the Application Server and install the
RegTerm utility using the following URL;

http://<appserverhost>/installRegterm.exe
(replace <appserverhost> with the name of your application server)

Microsoft Windows 7 makes use of Virtualized Files to store program data files. Also, any
writes to the c:\windows folder are protected. Both of these features cause a problem for
the existing versions of the RegTerm utility. Future versions will be created to be Windows
7-aware and handle these situations correctly. (SCR #128738)

To properly configure the existing versions of the Regterm utility, you will need to manually
create a termreg.ini file in the c:\windows folder. The contents of the file will need to look
like one of the following two examples, depending on the font size you are configuring for.

With large fonts

[OperaTerminal]
OPERA_TERMINAL=<host name with domain>.<unique number>|LargeFont
UseIni=1

Example:

[OperaTerminal]
OPERA_TERMINAL=mymachine.micros.com.123454321|LargeFont
UseIni=1


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Without large fonts

[OperaTerminal]
OPERA_TERMINAL=<host name with domain>.<unique number>
UseIni=1

Example:

[OperaTerminal]
OPERA_TERMINAL=mymachine.micros.com.123454321
UseIni=1



Opera Print Control:

http://<appserverhost>/installOperaPrintCtrl.exe
(replace <appserverhost> with the name of your application server)



Adobe Acrobat Reader:

Note: If installing the client utilities from Opera Login, - Adobe Acrobat Reader installation will start automatically
while installing Opera Print Control.


Connect to the Application Server and install Adobe Acrobat from the Opera login page, or
by entering the following URL;

http://<appserverhost>/ar91eng.exe
(replace <appserverhost> with the name of your application server)




Click Run and install Adobe.

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Oracle Jinitiator:

Next you will need to manually install the Oracle Jinitiator. Use the following URL;

http://<appserverhost/opera_jinit_1012_25.exe
(replace <appserverhost> with the name of your application server)

Customizing the Oracle Jinitiator Installation:

The following folder should exist after the Jinitiator installation completes:

C:\Program Files\Oracle\Jinitiator 1.3.1.25\bin\hotspot (32-bit Windows)
C:\Program Files (x86)\Oracle\Jinitiator 1.3.1.25\bin\hotspot (64-bit Windows)


Within this folder the JVM.dll will need to be replaced with a version that works with
Windows 7. The file required is installed as part of a higher version of the Sun JRE. Higher
versions of the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) can be found at the following URL.

http://java.com/en/download/ie_manual.jsp?locale=en&host=java.com

Note: A 32-bit JRE should be used even when running 64-bit Windows 7.

It is also possible that the Windows 7 installation has a SUN JRE already installed. Please
check to see if a c:\program files\java\ or c:\program files (x86)\java folder exists on the
Windows 7 workstation. Either JRE 1.5 or 1.6 can be used.

Once the JRE has been installed, a folder will exist within the installed folder named client.
(For example; C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\client) In that folder is the replacement
JVM.dll needed for the Jinitiator installation.

Rename the JVM.dll from the \jinitiator 1.3.1.25\bin\hotspot folder
Copy in a new copy from the \java\jre6\bin\client\ folder

The final step related to the Jinitiator installation is to change the permissions on the
C:\Program Files\Oracle\jinitiator 1.3.1.25 folder. This is required for some functionality
in Opera to work correctly.

To do this, right click on the folder and select Properties and then select the Security tab.


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Select the edit button, for the Administrators and Users groups and check Full Control. For
the Users group the Special Permissions box will not remain checked once the change is
saved.


Internet Explorer 8:

Internet Explorer 8 has default mechanism of sharing session data as all IE windows are
maintained by a parent process. This could result in freezing issues when users are working
in multiple windows and one session is busy processing request.

This feature of Internet explorer can be disabled by 2 methods
3. Adding -noframemerging parameter to your Internet explorer shortcut
4. Adding FrameMerging registry string value and disable framemerging
Start->run->REGEDIT
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Right click ->New String Value
Enter FrameMerging
Double click on FrameMerging on right window and enter value 0




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Screen Painter:

It is also necessary to install the Screen Painter software, screenpainter.exe. This is done
via the URL:

//http:/<appserverhost/installScreenWiz.exe
(replace <appserverhost> with the name of your application server)






BI Publisher

For sites that are using BI Publisher to customize reports, a new version has been released
that can be installed on Windows 7 workstations. This is labeled as release 4 of the Opera
BI Publisher Desktop install.







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Trouble Shooting
Here are some examples of the error screens you will see if any of the above steps did not
complete successfully. If the Jinitiator piece was not completed or a site has not been
added to the Trusted Sites the following will be displayed:



If the JVM.dll was not copied successfully, or the Phishing or Add-ons options where not
configured the following screens will be displayed:





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In some circumstances, after installing one of the OPERA client workstations components
you may receive a notification from the Program Compatibility Assistant indicating the
program might not have installed correctly. If this is the case, select the option to Reinstall
using recommended settings:


Although it is not directly related to Opera not functioning, if the workstation is not
registered with Microsoft (which is a requirement with Windows 7) you will occasionally see
the following screen pop up:



If the machine does not get registered it will eventually (30 days) cease functioning. Please
see the Microsoft website for further information on Windows 7 activation and how to do it.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd361745.aspx